Originally Posted by The Register .co .uk
Microsoft is launching a three-day advertising campaign in the US, offering itself as the privacy-respecting alternative to Google.

Last week Google decided to pool personal user information across 60 of its products with no opt out available to users. The ad campaign's slogan is: "Putting people first" [JPG here].

“Every data point Google collects and connects to you increases how valuable you are to an advertiser," the campaign notes. In fact, so does everyone else, something Microsoft acknowledges in the ad copy: